2.75 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 8 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.);
(1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (1 unboxed framed painting)
Creator
Hayman family
Creator
Watson family
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Watson and Haymond Families Papers, A&M 4222, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Collection materials indicate that the Haymond family and Watson family lines intersect when sisters Rebecca Haymond (1796-1845)
and Ann Maria Haymond (1801-1844) married brothers Thomas Watson (1788-1851) and James Dent Watson (1796-1865). Thomas and
Rebecca Watson had multiple children, including Thomas Green Watson (1821-1865) and James Otis Watson (1815-1902), the Fairmont
industrialist. James Dent and Ann Maria Watson had multiple children including Thomas F. Watson (1832-1896).
Rebecca and Ann Maria were sisters of Thomas S. Haymond (1794-1869); their parents were William Haymond (1771-1848) and Cynthia
Carroll (1774-1852). Thomas S. Haymond and his sisters are grandchildren of Major William Haymond (1740-1821) and his first
wife, Cassandra Clelland (1741-1788). Major Haymond served in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, commanding
troops at Prickett's Fort, and later became surveyor for Monongalia County and then Harrison County, [West] Virginia. Thomas
S. Haymond was the father of Alpheus F. Haymond (1823-1893) and Virginia Haymond (1834-1865), author of the journal in this
collection. Thomas S. Haymond was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, a branch of the Virginia General Assembly.
He had to travel to the state capital for this work, which explains why Virginia Haymond was in Richmond at the time of the
state of Virginia's secession. Alpheus was also there to represent Marion County at the Virginia Secession Convention of
1861.
Papers of the Watson and Haymond families of Marion County, West Virginia. Includes a journal, family financial and legal
materials, correspondence, genealogical research materials, publications, photographs, a painting, and other material. Includes
significant material regarding the American Civil War, particularly in the diary of Virginia Haymond. Series include:
Series 1. Journal of Virginia Haymond; 1859-1863, undated; box 1 and box 2, folders 1-2. This series includes Virginia Haymond's original journal/diary as well as typed and handwritten excerpts copied from it.
The journal includes mentions of secession, as her father served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1861 and her brother
attended the Virginia Convention.
Series 2. Financial and Legal Materials; 1796, 1846-1906; box 2, folders 3-10, and box 6, folders 1 and 5. This series includes materials pertaining to the Watson, Haymond, and Arnett/Arnette families. Types of material include
receipts, court documents including deeds, and diplomas.
Series 3. Correspondence; 1844-1932, undated; box 2, folders 11-19. This series includes mostly letters to and from members of the Watson family. Some of the letters pertain to Thomas F.
Watson (1832-1896) and his imprisonment. He was arrested in June 1862 as a rebel and was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase,
Columbus, Ohio.
Series 4. Genealogy; 1834-2016; box 2, folders 20-30. This series includes material pertaining to the genealogy of the Haymond, Watson, Arnett/Arnette, Leigh, and Barnes families,
as well as Colonel Benjamin Wilson and family.
Series 5. Printed Material; 1871-1963; box 2, folders 31-33, box 3, and box 6, folder 1. This series includes books and an advertisement.
Series 6. Photographs; ca. 1860-1961; boxes 4-5, box 6, folders 2-4, box 7. This series includes images of Watson, Arnett/Arnette, Haymond, and Wilson family members, among others. Roughly half are
identified.
Series 7. Artifacts & Artwork; 1892, undated; box 8 and unboxed painting. This series includes Mary Etta Watson's lap desk, two pocket knives, and a painting of Thomas Green Watson.
Colonial Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia: A Series of Sketches by Especially Qualified Writers . Richmond, Va: Southern Churchman Co., 1908.
In Memoriam Woodrow Wilson; Late President of the United States ; by Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman; President of the University of Virginia; December 15, 1924
Brine, Mary D. Grandma's Memories . New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1888.
Books accepted into WVU Libraries Collection as uncataloged duplicates:
Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing ... Special History of the Virginias, Maps and
Histories of Harrison and Marion Counties, West Virginia, Containing a Condensed History of the Counties, Biographical Sketches,
General Statistics, Miscellaneous Matters, &c. Chicago: H.H. Hardesty, 1883.
Dunnington, George A. History and Progress of the County of Marion, West Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement by the Whites Down to the Present,
Together with Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens. Fairmont, W. Va: G.A. Dunnington, 1880.
Lewis, Virgil A. History and Government of West Virginia. Chicago: Werner School Book Co., 1896.
Fleming, A. B. Public Papers of Governor A.B. Fleming, February 6, 1890 to March 4, 1893. Charleston [W. Va.]: M.W. Donnelly, 1893.
Mitchell, S. A. Mitchell's New General Atlas: Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. ... with ... Statistical
Tables. Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell, Jr., 1868.
Added to WVRHC newspapers collection:
Fairmont W. Va. Up to Date Twentieth Century Edition of the West Virginian ; supplement to the Fairmont West Virginian, January 10, 1902; the coming metropolis of the state – a synopsis of the resources
of the City of Fairmont and the county of Marion West Virginia; published by L. C. Powell & Son – 40 pages.
Current Events , "A Condensed Newspaper, Weekly, for Use in Public and Private Schools"; published by American Education Press, Inc. -- issues
from 1925-1927 -– these were used in Fairmont public school by Elizabeth L. Miller.
The Monongahela Magazine; Times-West Virginian ; Sunday, February 3, 1957: Cover Story – "The Valley of Coal Story" – the development of the coal industry in the Upper Monongahela
Valley – by James Otis Watson, II.
Added to WVRHC maps collection:
Map of the City of Fairmont, West Virginia. Designed and engraved by Canton Engraving & Electrotype Co.; printed by the Wilkinson
Printing Company, Lancaster, Ohio; undated (possibly printed in early 1940s or late 1930s due to the reference to "population
based on 1930 census"). Shows the locations of Palatine; Smithtown and Rivesville; reference in Virginia's Journal and family
documents.
This series includes Virginia Haymond's original journal/diary as well as typed and handwritten excerpts copied from it. Virginia
C. Haymond (January 20, 1834 - August 18, 1865) lived near Fairmont in Marion County, [West] Virginia. Her father was Colonel
Thomas S. Haymond, who served as a representative to the Virginia House of Delegates and the US House of Representatives before
serving the Confederacy during the Civil War. Alpheus F. Haymond was her brother. Virginia's journal begins in 1859, lacks
entries for 1860, and in January of 1861 she was in Richmond with her family, since her father was called in for the extra
session of the House of Delegates and her brother attended the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 as a representative for
Marion County. Her journal skips from late January to early July 1861, but she gives a summary of what happened in the interim
regarding secession. Her family was aligned with the secessionists, and her diary gives her thoughts and impressions of a
turbulent time in the state's history, when her father and brother were not safe at their home because of their alliances.
Virginia faces many trials including hiding a deserter in her family's Marion County home in January 1862 (John Matthews,
who "joined Showalter's Company" but then decided he did not want to serve with them). The journal ends in April 1863.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Original Virginia Haymond Journal
1859–1863
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Handwritten Excerpts and Copies of Virginia Haymond's Journal
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Transcriptions from Virginia Haymond's Journal, by Elizabeth L. Miller
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Typescript Excerpts from Virginia Haymond's Journal, by Elizabeth L. Miller and W.C. Davis
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
"A Compendium with Excerpts" from Virginia Haymond's Journal, by Elizabeth L. Miller
This series includes materials pertaining to the Watson, Haymond, and Arnett/Arnette families. Types of material include receipts,
court documents including deeds, and diplomas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Receipt for James Watson (Charles County, Maryland – nine crows heads (?) for money off county levy due to Act of Assembly
– dated May 6 (?) signed by Walter Dyson)
1796
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Letter to James R. Watson (regarding lumber order, has postmark and stamp; laminated)
June 5, 1846
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Two Subscriptions to the Capital Stock of "the Morgantown and Bridgeport Turnpike Company" (for James D. Watson, signed by
Thomas G. Watson, Treasurer; both laminated)
October 16, 1849-June 19, 1850
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Deed, Jonathan H. Haymond to James Buchanan (to take care of a plot of land used as a cemetery; handwritten copy?)
September 23, 1858
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Virginia, Marion Circuit Court Document (authorized payment of $1.10 for someone's court appearance on behalf of James D.
Watson, by Court Clerk Thomas G. Watson; laminated)
June 26, 1860
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Travel Permit (document from City of Richmond Executive Department allowing Mr. Watson to go to Marion by order of the Governor;
laminated)
May 1861
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Three Court Documents Settling Watson and Arnett Family Estates
1865–1884
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Various Deeds and Mineral Rights Documents
1889–1903
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Insurance Document and Deed
1901–1906
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Diploma for Rebecca Watson, Mistress of English Literature, Wheeling Female College
1865
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Three Diplomas from Fairmont Normal School (Mary T. Watson, elementary course, 1872; Charles M. Watson, teacher's normal course,
1875; Etta M. Watson, normal course, 1880)
This series includes mostly letters to and from members of the Watson family. Some of the letters pertain to Thomas F. Watson
(1832-1896) and his imprisonment. He was arrested in June 1862 as a rebel and was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Columbus,
Ohio.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Typescript Copies of Letters to or from Watsons (letters dated 1817-1866, many to Mary G. Watson, a few legal documents also
transcribed; numbers penciled on the upper corner of the page backs reflect original order of the pages)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Letter to Thomas G. Watson from Brother (discussing the stock holder issues of a road around the Clarksburg area and the Board
of Public Works)
November 8, 1848
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Seven Family Letters (some between Watson/Davisson sisters; discussing affairs around the Fairmont area)
1844–1857
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Letter to "Sister Bettie" from C. M. Watson Regarding Thomas F. Watson's Arrest (Sister Bettie may be an in-law and not a
sibling)
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Nine Letters to Thomas F. Watson (Little Tom) from Thomas G. Watson (Big Tom) (the two men were first cousins, and some of
the letters were sent while Thomas F. was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; contents discuss the family trying
to obtain a pardon, camp conditions, etc. Thomas F. Watson was arrested in June 1862 along with three other prominent rebels.
He refused to take the oath and was sent to Wheeling then to Camp Chase.)
1862–1864
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Four Letters to Thomas F. Watson While at Camp Chase (from his aunt Mary Watson, his cousin Caroline Matilda Watson, and a
cousin Mattie. The last letter tells of Thomas G. Watson's illness and death)
1863–1865
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Letter and envelope (letter is from former principal of Stuart Hall, 1914; envelope is to J Watson, undated)
1914, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Letter to Rose Watson (includes envelope and 5 leaves; discusses going to the "Women's Committee for Independent Political
Action")
1924
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Letter to Evylyn Blake Watson (envelope and nine leaves; includes comments regarding going to see Franklin D. Roosevelt come
down Pennsylvania Avenue)
This series includes material pertaining to the genealogy of the Haymond, Watson, Arnett/Arnette, Leigh, and Barnes families,
as well as Colonel Benjamin Wilson and family. Types of material include pages of internet research, handwritten and typed
notes, correspondence, clippings, and other materials. Many of the notes are information taken from grave sites, bibles, family
recollections, and newspaper obituaries.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
Haymond Family Genealogical Research (information on Virginia Haymond and her family back to William Haymond; mostly research
from FamilySearch)
2016
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
Haymond Family Genealogical Material (includes handwritten and typescript notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings)
1942-1945, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
Thomas F. and Thomas G. Watson Family Genealogical Research (includes research from FamilySearch and a brief overview of Camp
Chase and conditions there)
2016
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
Watson Family Genealogical Material, 1 of 5 (includes family notes, papers, and other material)
1900-1954, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
Watson Family Genealogical Material, 2 of 5 (newspaper clippings and one laminated document pertaining to the family)
1897-1956, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
Watson Family Genealogical Material, 3 of 5 (notes, web research, clippings, etc. pertaining to the Arnett/Arnette family)
2013, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
Watson Family Genealogical Material, 4 of 5 (notes, web research, clippings, etc. pertaining to the Leigh family)
1902–2013
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
Watson Family Genealogical Material, 5 of 5 (original correspondence, documents, clippings, and web research pertaining to
the Knotts family)
1903–2013
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
Barnes Family Genealogical Material (research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc.)
1927, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
Colonel Benjamin Wilson (notes and newspaper clippings [one laminated] that relate to the Colonel and Wilson family genealogy)
1951, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30
Miscellaneous (Facsimile newspaper clippings, various writings including one by J. Bowen Knotts, a Maryland court document
pertaining to the Barnes/Swearingen families, and a booklet of the sermon delivered upon the death of Mrs. Margaret Wilson
[1834])
This series includes books and an advertisement. Books relate to the history of Harrison and Marion Counties and the Haymond
family. The advertisement pertains to the New Brighton Ladies' Institute. Also included is a bible that belonged to Thomas
Green Watson and Susan Martin Watson.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31
End Papers (copies of end papers showing family signatures, from books separated from the collection; see Separated Material
note)
undated
Books Box: 2 Folder: 32
Marion County Centennial Yearbook, 1863-1963: Official Program and Souvenir of the Centennial Year , by Joseph E. Hoffmann. Place of publication not identified: Marion County Centennial Committee, 1963. (Contains historical
pictures and stories about the Haymond and Watson families for reference purposes)
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33
Pages from a Second Ward School Yearbook (includes teachers and class photos, etc.)
undated
Books Box: 3 Folder: 1
The Haymond Family: Brief Sketches, Official Papers and Letters , by Henry Haymond. Morgantown, W. Va.: Acme Publ. Co., 1903.
1903
Books Box: 3 unfoldered
History of Harrison County, West Virginia: From the Early Days of Northwestern Virginia to the Present , by Henry Haymond. Morgantown, W. Va.: Acme Pub. Co., 1910.
1910
Books Box: 3 unfoldered
Family Bible of Thomas Green Watson and Susan Martin Watson (according to cover notes, Thomas died January 24, 1865, Susan
died January 26, 1915, and they were married August 15, 1844--this bible doesn't seem to contain genealogical information)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Advertisement for New Brighton Ladies' Institute, an English and French Boarding and Day School run by Mrs. C. E. Smith
This series includes images of Watson, Arnett/Arnette, Haymond, and Wilson family members, among others. Roughly half are
identiffied. Formats include cabinet cards, cartes de visite, real photo postcards, prints, mounted photos, tintypes, an ambrotype,
and a daguerreotype. Images have been sorted by format, presence of identification, and subject.
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Cabinet Cards, Women, Identified (includes one woman who may have been a slave)
1878-1891, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Cabinet Cards, Men, Identified
1865–1905
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Cabinet Cards, Children and Mixed Groups, Identified
1892, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Cabinet Cards, Unidentified (subjects include men, women, children, and a dog)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Cartes de Visite, Identified (includes a few members of the Barnes family, two dogs, among others)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Cartes de Visite, Unidentified
1892, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Postcards, Identified (includes images of Minor and Mary Frances Wilson, among others)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
Postcards, Unidentified
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9
Prints from Envelope Labeled "Flora W. Arnette's House on Watson Ave." (probably Fairmont, WV; also includes a photo postcard,
images of Jonathan Bowen Knotts later in life, and a deteriorated silvery image of a young girl)
ca. 1890s-1940s
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10
Prints, Identified
1918-1930s, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11
Prints, Unidentified (includes a photo of a woman who may have been a slave)
1908-1951, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12
Mounted Photos, Identified
1896-1908, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13
Mounted Photos, Identified
1906, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14
Mounted Photos, Unidentified
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15
Mounted Photos, Unidentified
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Cased Photographs (ambrotype of a Mr. Arnett of Fairmont, {West] Virginia loose in its case; daguerreotype of an unidentified
man; tintype of an unidentified woman)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Tintypes, Sleeved, Identified (3 items)
1892, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
Tintypes, Sleeved, Unidentified (4 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Tintypes, Women, Unidentified (4 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
Tintypes, Women, Unidentified (4 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
Tintypes, Men, Unidentified (3 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Tintypes, Men, Unidentified (3 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Tintypes, Men, Unidentified (3 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Tintypes, Children, Unidentified (3 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
Tintypes, Mixed Groups, Unidentified (3 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
Tintypes, Mixed Groups, Unidentified (3 items)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12
Negatives of House Exterior
undated
Realia Box: 5 Folder: 13
Two Empty Cases
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14
Album (cartes de visite, many identified, some misidentified)
ca. 1860-1863
Graphic Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Thomas Green Watson Home (prints of home on Locust Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia; this home has been torn down)
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Various Watson Family Portraits (mostly prints, some are identified; includes a photo of Benjamin Wilson)
1924, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Photograph of Susan Martin Watson (widow of Thomas Green Watson, in her nineties; taken in her home in Fairmont, WV)
ca. 1900
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Bachrach Photograph of Virginia Morrow (Mrs. Mary Virginia Wilson Morrow was cousin of Susan Martin Watson; includes correspondence
regarding photo [1961])
1920–1961
Graphic Materials Box: 7 unfoldered
Two Oval Framed Portraits of Thomas Green Watson and Susan Martin Watson